We have a very intelligent team. I’ve had clubs that when you tell a guy to go back door, he leaves the gym. Or you tell the team you’re going to have a closed practice and eight guys don’t show up.
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Life changes when you least expect it to. The future is uncertain. So, seize this day, seize this moment, and make the most of it.
More Jim Valvano Quotes
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We have a very intelligent team. I’ve had clubs that when you tell a guy to go back door, he leaves the gym. Or you tell the team you’re going to have a closed practice and eight guys don’t show up.
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Take time every day to laugh, to think, to cry.
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Know where you have been, where you are now and where you want to be.
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Life changes when you least expect it to. The future is uncertain. So, seize this day, seize this moment, and make the most of it.
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Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I’ve been blessed.
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Coaches are basically schizophrenic. We are pessimistic to the press and among fellow coaches, but to our team, we are the eternal optimists.
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Time is very precious to me. I don’t know how much I have left, and I have some things that I would like to say. Hopefully, at the end, I will have said something that will be important to other people, too.
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Nothing has ever been accomplished in any walk of life without enthusiasm, without motivation, and without perseverance.
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I can’t tell you what an honor it is, to even be mentioned in the same breath with Arthur Ashe. This is something I certainly will treasure forever.
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A person really doesn’t become whole, until he becomes a part of something that’s bigger than himself.
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And if you see me, smile and maybe give me a hug. That’s important to me too.
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Enjoy your life, the precious moments you have.
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Why shouldn’t I milk it? We’re an agricultural institution.
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But try if you can to support, whether it’s AIDS or the cancer foundation, so that someone else might survive, might prosper, and might actually be cured of this dreaded disease.
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The greatest gift you can give your children is to believe in them.
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